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Originally Posted by Ayre

Sorry, I am not familar with the footage you site.

I think this is what Groucho is refering to.

Spoiler:

I remember NBC replaying the entire incident a few years back...I was caught by surprise because it was shown on daytime TV (I can't remember the name of the show but it was some short lived history show hosted by Katie Couric around '98 -'99). I'm sure it's been shown many times before though.

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Originally Posted by Heat

Yeah, a "snuff film" has nothing to do with nudity or sex, just the act of killing.......As for the writer who said that the Hussein film was the first snuff film, the guy is nuts.

You know, now that I think about it...could it be the first aired snuff film? When I think of the meaning of a snuff film, I think that it's an INTENTIONALLY made recording with the known outcome to be death. JFK wouldn't be snuff, not even that one guy (a governor?) who shot himself in the mouth on TV, because the broadcasters who set up didn't know that such a thing was going to happen.

Just wondering....

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Originally Posted by Rockmjd23

Not a snuff film. The specific purpose of the killing in a snuff film is entertainment and profit from distribution. A killing that happened to be caught on film doesn't qualify, regardless of entertainment value or subsequent profit.

Exactly. A death that is caught on film or video that would have taken place regardless of it was filmed or not, is NOT a snuff film. A snuff film features a death that takes place for the sole purpose of capturing it on film.

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Originally Posted by Ayre

From Studio Briefing:
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U.K. Regulator To Probe Saddam Tape Broadcast

OFCOM, the British communications regulator, said that it will investigate the BBC's decision to air the cell-phone video showing the execution of Saddam Hussein. OFCOM disclosed that it had received 30 complaints. The regulator said that it will examine whether the broadcast complies with provisions of the code regarding taste, decency, fairness and privacy. The London Financial Times quoted one unnamed broadcaster as saying, "These are all available over the Internet. If you stopped showing items are you accused of censoring?" But one writer posted a message on the BBC's website calling the footage, "the world's first public snuff video."
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Does this usher in that dystopic world often described by writers? I can remember the movie THX 1138, where THX is watching a man being beaten over and over again. Not as journalism, but as entertainment.

Or is it allowing TV Broadcasters to compete with the internet? Free unfettered speech, where the view can choose whether or not to watch, but the option is there.

Thoughts?

executions definately should be shown, I know after seeing it, it changed me. if people see this stuff crime will be cut down.